Alaska Gasline Development Corp. gets overhaul Cordova Times Fauske's letter to the AGDC board offered no reason for his resignation. During a news teleconference later in the day, Walker said he had told the ...

144 New Obama Regulations Announced Under Cover of Thanksgiving.  Daily Signal by James Gattuso.   President Obama is nothing if not predictable. Required by law to release plans for new regulations twice a year, the administration has consistently done so just before major holidays, when few are paying attention. Thus, it was no surprise to see his fall 2015 regulatory agendareleased last Friday, as many Americans focused on Thanksgiving week with family and friends.       CBC.ca Pipeline transparency: NEB posts all safety inspections, fines online CBC.ca Pipeline transparency: NEB posts all [...]

Notley Wastes No Time In Jumping Off The Deep End Toward Higher Consumer Utility Prices   Calgary Herald by Chris Varcoe.  Earlier this year, the provincial government announced it would double the carbon levy now imposed on Alberta’s largest industrial emitters to $30 per tonne in 2017. “We are going to reduce carbon emissions by pricing them,” Notley said in her address.    More.... Commentary.  Notley, who yesterday made an effort to appease oil sands energy supporters, today obeys the enviro siren calls to raise consumer energy prices with what beneficial effect, exactly? As China [...]

A True Alaska Statesman by Dan Fagan •  • 10 Comments Dan Fagan (R) with Dave Harbour Alaska is full of wonderful, smart, and competent leaders who care deeply about our state. But few match the wisdom, historical knowledge, and peaceful temperament of Dave Harbour. Harbour is in every sense of the word a true statesman. Mr. Harbour’s accomplishments throughout the years are too many to mention. He currently publishes the very insightful Northern Gas Pipelines website. In it he explains very clearly why Alaska Gov. Bill Walker’s tendency to prefer state ownership of [...]

Gas Pipeline Timeline Fairbanks News Miner Herb Butler See our Alaska and Canada gas pipeline history links here.... 1976: The U.S. Congress passed the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act in an effort to encourage the construction of a gas pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to the Lower 48. 1980: A Right-Of-Way license was issued by the Federal Energy Regulation Commission to the Alaskan Northwest Natural Gas Transportation Company. In 2008, that license was voluntarily withdrawn. There are many conflicting opinions why this effort failed to deliver fuel gas to a large U.S. market. [...]

Liberal Alberta Premier Distorts Environmental Facts Petroleum News Re: Shell Departure BC Risks losing more than C$20 billion a year in LNG export revenues Alaska State and US Federal Lease Sale Date Set: November 18 More to come....  

ADN by Nathanial Herz.   ... At a news conference Friday, (Governor Bill Walker) repeatedly ticked through a list of project agreements that the state had failed to reach in its negotiations with the producers, including a commitment from them that they wouldn’t block the pipeline’s construction if they decide to pull out of the partnership with Alaska. CLICK HERE to watch the governor's press conference “If you don’t know your history, you’re destined to repeat it. And that’s the problem we’ve had with the gas line for the past several decades. [...]

    Calgary Herald Wildrose critical of hiring of pipeline critic in premier's office Calgary Herald More from Darcy Henton, Calgary Herald ... Wildrose is slamming the hiring of a pipeline opponent in the premier's office. ... Marcella Munro into a senior communications role in the premier's office in Calgary a sign of ... “Hiring senior staff with views on our oil and gas sector that stand in direct contrast to ...

Governor Bill Walker will accompany the President Tomorrow morning from Washington, D.C., to Anchorage, Alaska, on Air Force One. “My goal is to spend as much time as possible with the President so I can clearly present to him the benefits our great state provides the nation,” Governor Walker said. “I look forward to discussing with President Obama opportunities for the state and federal government to work together to improve Alaska’s economic situation. I also want to thank President Obama for his leadership in permitting Shell’s exploratory drilling activities. It’s an honor [...]

    CBC.ca RCMP planning mass arrests at pipeline protest camp, northern BC chiefs fear CBC.ca Shell plans to build a 650-kilometre pipeline from B.C.'s gas-fracking region to ... In an email to CBC News, RCMP E-Division Cpl. Janelle Shoihet said ...  

    CBC.ca TransCanada officials in Thunder Bay to rally support for Energy East pipeline CBC.ca ... a natural gas pipeline to carry oil across Canada are in Thunder Bay trying to ... TransCanada Ontario regional director Stefan Baranski told CBC News that if ... it would still take at least five years for oil to flow through the pipeline.  

    CBC.ca Tom Mulcair book launch interrupted by Energy East pipeline protesters CBC.ca Mulcair was forced Sunday to address comments she made onCBC News Network's Power & Politics, where she said curbing oilsands production ...     Calgary Heral Alliance Pipeline says it could take several days to burn off hydrogen sulphide gas Calgary Herald CALGARY — The operator of a major Canada-U.S. natural gas pipeline that has been shut down since Friday says it could take several days to burn ...  

    Calgary Herald Federal election campaign reflects change in oil and gas since PM Harper's 2006 election Calgary Herald Access to markets through new pipelines became the mantra of industry and ... The world – the oil and gas industry included – has changed and what ...